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1958 novel by John Holbrook Vance

Strange People, Queer Notions is a 1958 novel by American writer Jack Vance, writing as John Holbrook Vance. It was republished in the 2002 Vance Integral Edition (VIE).

Plot introduction

A young Oregonian art student is hired by another American to housesit a villa in a small Italian village. The employer then leads various members of the expatriate community in the village to believe the young man is a blackmailer.

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  • "Cholwell's Chickens"
  • "Dodkin's Job"
  • The Dragon Masters
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  • "The Gift of Gab"
  • The Houses of Iszm
  • The Last Castle
  • "Men of the Twelve Books"
  • The Miracle Workers
  • "Monsters in Orbit"
  • "The Moon Moth"
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  • "Noise"
  • "Rumfuddle"
  • Son of the Tree
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    • Autobiography
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